HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for SATURDAY, OCTOBER 12
Food, Auction, More At Sockhop
SOCKHOP – 5 p.m. Fun evening features, silent auction featuring great deals from local businesses, dancing, food from the 50s. Benefit for 1st UMC Missions & Art Ministry, Oneonta Community Health Center. Cost, $5. First United Methodist Church, 66 Chestnut St., Oneonta. 607-432-4102 or visit www.firstumc-oneonta.org
LEAF RIDE – 8 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. Bring out the motorcycle and enjoy the 2nd annual foliage run to support LEAF. Oneonta Vets Club, 279 Chestnut St., Oneonta. 607-432-0090 or visit www.facebook.com/LEAFinc/
BAG SALE – 9 a.m. – Noon. Find wide variety of items from the church. Includes Christmas & Gift Shop. First Presbyterian Church, 296 Main St., Oneonta. 607-432-4286 or visit www.facebook.com/First-Presbyterian-Church-of-Oneonta-219491214731749/
RUMMAGE SALE – 9 a.m. – 2 p.m. Find wide variety of items for sale at Evangelical Lutheran Church, 4636 St. Hwy. 28, Cooperstown. 607-293-7980
SUPPORT GROUP – 10 a.m. – Noon. Family, friends, & people with Multiple Sclerosis are invited to group. Open dialogue encouraged, no questions is too big or small. Sunshine Room, Elm Park United Methodist Church, 401 Chestnut St., Oneonta. Call Phil Young 607-435-3653 or visit elmparkumconeonta.org
TRACTOR FEST – 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. See over 60 tractors and machines they powered on NYS farms. Features classic, small engine, more. Farmers’ Museum, Cooperstown. 607-547-1450 or visit https://www.farmersmuseum.org/stec_event/tractor/0
VOLUNTEER – 11:30 a.m. Help Cooperstown Angel Network clean up after donation event, transport extra clothes to SSPCA, local church drop box. Cafeteria, Cooperstown High School. Sign up with Stephanie Nelen pugliesestephanie@hotmail.com or visit www.facebook.com/Cooperstown-Angel-Network-373232176025689/ for full list of opportunities.
MEETING – Noon – 2 p.m. Join the Cooperstown Native Daughters for annual meeting. The Otesaga, Cooperstown. 315-345-5669 or visit www.facebook.com/cooperstownnativedaughters
OPERA – 12:55 p.m. Performance of “Turandot,” by Puccini, streaming live from Metropolitan Opera House. Cost, $20/adult. Foothills Performing Arts Center, Oneonta. 607-431-2080 or visit foothillspac.org
WORKSHOP – 1 – 3 p.m. Learn to write songs, present them before an audience. Includes opportunity to perform on EOH stage 11/2. Cost, $15/class. Earlville Opera House, 18 E. Main St., Earlville. 315-691-3550 or visit www.earlvilleoperahouse.com/arts-education
WRITERS GROUP – 1:30 – 3:30 p.m. Join other writers to help improve your craft. Hosted by published author, Jennifer Donohue. Huntington Memorial Library, 62 Chestnut St., Oneonta. 607-432-1980 or visit hmloneonta.org/adult-programs/
FUNDRAISER – 2 – 5 p.m. Volunteer to shave your head or enter the raffle to raise money to fight childhood cancer. Hosted by St. Baldrick’s Foundation. Red Jug Pub, 195 Main St., Oneonta. 607-267-4703 or visit www.stbaldricks.org/events/RedJugPubONEONTA2019
POTLUCK – 6 p.m. Bring a dish to pass, dinnerware provided. Followed by a football themed film. All welcome. Fly Creek United Methodist Church, 852 Co. Rd., 26, Fly Creek.
HYDE & SHRIEK – 6 p.m. Ghost tour visits places where ghostly manifestations have been reported over the years and areas identified by the Ghost Hunters Halloween special. Cost, $20/person. Reservations required. Hyde Hall, 267 Glimmerglass State Park Rd., Cooperstown. 607-547-5098 or visit hydehall.org
VARIETY SHOW – 7 p.m. Enjoy evening featuring groups like Barn Paint Blue, Diana & the Country Mystics, more. Free. Walton Theater, 30 Gardiner Pl., Walton. 607-865-6688 or visit waltontheatre.org/special-events-3/
THEATER – 7:30 p.m. Theatrical production of ‘One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest’ presented by Stuff of Dreams Productions. Foothills Performing Arts Center, Oneonta. 607-432-5407 or visit foothillspac.org
CONCERT – 7:30 p.m. Catskill Symphony Orchestra presents “The Elements” with music director candidate finalist Carolyn Watson. Ballroom, Hunt Union, SUNY Oneonta. 607-436-2670 or visit catskillsymphony.net